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Civil Process Division
Responsibilities & Duties
As part of one of the oldest and most experienced law enforcement agencies in the United States, the Middlesex Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is uniquely equipped to serve and enforce all civil process throughout the 54 cities and towns of Middlesex County. Our dedicated team of Deputy Sheriffs and administrative staff put their experience and professionalism to work for you and your clients, ensuring the job gets done.
The Civil Process Division employs uniformed and non-uniformed deputies, as well as an extensive administrative staff to help attorneys and self-representing litigants get their important legal documents served quickly and correctly. And, unlike private firms, the Middlesex Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We are fully insured by the state, lowering the risk of liability for your business.
We are not restricted by what types of judicial papers we can serve.
- What kind of documents can the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office serve?
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The Middlesex Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is fully empowered to serve all judicial process throughout all of Middlesex County. The most common types of documents include:
- Summons and Complaints
- Orders of Notice
- Subpoenas
- Supplementary Process/Notices to Show Cause
- Writs of Attachments
- Levies on Real Estate
- Notices to Quit
- Probate Documents
- Other orders and judgments and more
- What kind of orders and judgments can the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Civil Process Division enforce?
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The Civil Enforcement Unit of the Middlesex Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is made up of highly-trained, uniformed law enforcement professionals who bring decades of experience to enforcing a wide variety of civil judgments, including:
- Notices to Quit
- Summary Process Summonses
- Capias (Civil Contempt Arrest Warrants)
- Child Support Enforcement
- Executions on Possession (Evictions)
- Executions on Money Judgments (Seizures)
- Levies on Personal Properties
- Repossessions
- Why utilize the MSO?
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Unlike a constable or special process server, the Middlesex Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is fully empowered to serve all judicial process throughout all of Middlesex County. As an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you get the confidence that the job will get done well and on-time.
- I am from out of state – can MSO Civil Process help me?
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Absolutely. We serve hundreds of out-of-state services each year from nearly every state. Please contact our office to arrange service.
- Do I have to be an attorney to serve documents through MSO Civil Process?
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No. We serve thousands of documents every year for individuals or pro se litigants. Our staff can assist you with the process and will make sure your documents are served correctly and on-time.